Teacher of Humanities (History, Geography & RE)

Location: Barking & Dagenham, East/Outer London

School Type: Mixed Secondary School & Sixth Form (Co-educational)

Contract: Full-Time, Permanent or Fixed-Term

Start Date: January Start

A vibrant, ambitious mixed secondary school and Sixth Form in the East London Borough of Barking & Dagenham is seeking an articulate, curious, and dynamic Teacher of Humanities to join their high-performing Humanities faculty. Positioned in a rapidly growing and culturally rich community, this is a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated educator, whether a specialist in History, Geography, or Religious Studies looking to teach across disciplines, or an ambitious Early Career Teacher (ECT), to foster critical inquiry, global awareness, and analytical thinking across a diverse student body.

About the Role

As a Teacher of Humanities, you will ignite students' interest in human history, physical and urban environments, world cultures, and ethical debate. Joining a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team, you will deliver high-rigor lessons across Key Stage 3 Humanities (broad-based History, Geography, and RE) and lead specialized GCSE/A-Level modules within your core discipline, equipping young people with the research, source analysis, and essay-writing skills vital for academic and future career success.

• Environment: A modern East London mixed secondary school featuring state-of-the-art digital classrooms, expansive library resources, and active community outreach projects

• Culture: A welcoming, highly supportive faculty characterized by shared lesson planning, cross-subject collaboration, continuous mentoring, and a shared passion for social mobility

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver engaging, academically rigorous Humanities lessons across Key Stage 3, along with subject-specialist instruction at Key Stage 4 (GCSE) and Key Stage 5 (A-Level).

• Prepare examination candidates thoroughly for national written assessments using data-driven tracking, live modelling of long-form responses, and diagnostic feedback routines.

• Connect historical events, geographical phenomena, and ethical dilemmas to contemporary real-world contexts, encouraging lively, respectful classroom debate and critical reasoning.

• Track, evaluate, and monitor student progress, applying inclusive teaching strategies to stretch high-aspiring scholars while scaffolding complex texts and spatial data for developing learners.

• Contribute positively to faculty enrichment, including local field trips, historical museum visits, debating societies, model United Nations, and environmental sustainability initiatives.

Requirements

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or an equivalent recognized teaching credential.

• A strong academic degree in History, Geography, Religious Studies, Philosophy, or a closely related Humanities field.

• Proven track record or demonstrated capability of delivering outstanding Humanities instruction across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 (KS5/A-Level teaching capability in your main discipline is highly desirable).

• Solid knowledge of national curriculum standards and examination board specifications across Humanities subjects (e.g., AQA, Edexcel, OCR).

• Outstanding classroom presence, strong literacy and analytical skills, and an infectious enthusiasm for human societies, culture, and environmental systems.

Salary & Benefits

• Pay Scale: Outer London Main / Upper Pay Scale (MPS/UPS Outer London, commensurate with experience), with potential TLR opportunities available for Key Stage Humanities Coordination or Enrichment Lead.

• Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS), comprehensive continuous professional development (CPD), structured mentoring pathways, and access to staff health and wellbeing programs.

How to Apply

If you are an ambitious Humanities specialist ready to empower young thinkers, historians, and geographers at a thriving mixed secondary school in Barking & Dagenham, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your application and CV as soon as possible for consideration.